The dark ages of Popular music (1985-1991)

[Jackass18]

There's plenty of good music from that era. It's a rather nostalgic period for me. Open up your mind and try to enjoy life.

'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
The Power Station - Some Like It Hot
Kate Bush - Running Up that Hill
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
A-ha - Take on Me
Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart
Tears for Fears - Head over Heels
XTC - Dear God
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
OMD - If You Leave
Genesis - Land of Confusion
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
U2 - With or Without You
The La's - There She Goes
When in Rome - The Promise
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
The Lightning Seeds - Pure
The Cure - Lovesong
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion - I generally don't care for REM, but that was a good song
Wolfsheim - The Sparrows and the Nightingales
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep

There's a lot more of that, there's also Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna (I'm not a big fan, but she had some alright stuff), plenty of heavier stuff and other genres.

[The Iron Fist]

I can't think of any new bands I really like besides Arcade Fire, and theyre not that new, and also their third and fourth album I though sucked.

I like new electronic dance music but in terms of rock bands, there's probably great ones out there, I just don't know about them.

Strokes, White Stripes, Arcade Fire, those were the last great bands for me.

Muse for example just sounds like bootleg radiohead ripoff shit but I know loads of people call them the best band in the world right now. I just dont get it.

I like Dragonforce, they still put out good records, but yeah I can't really think of anything else new that is that great other then EDM and trance music.

Electric music and trance are really good now though, its not a dark age of music, just a dark age of commercial rock music.

Sounds like you need some Black Keys or Arctic Monkeys, maybe even Toro Y Moi.

[KevinNYC]

dawg so much sick music came out during that time, theres never been a dark ages of music.

I don't know what your definition of popular music is, but there's no way it hell it's wide enough to include The Jesus and Mary Chain in 1985-1986, particularly in America. That was why college radio and "Alternative" rock was invented. This music was not getting airplay. The primary outlet for this music in the US was MTV and they devoted 2 hours a week to it.

[KevinNYC]

I remember when the Jesus and Mary first played live on American TV, it was 1992 and Letterman had to explain who they were.

[fsvr54]

De La Soul, tribe Called quest, epmd, kool g rap, eric b and rakim, public enemy, big daddy kane, masta ace, ice cube, ice t, geto boys, ultramagnetic mcs

right...

[Duderonomy]

What???


I think you meant (1975-1981)

Yeah Buddy!

Are you crazy?
1975
Fleetwood Mac- Dreams
http://youtu.be/7RgT8Vm9_Eg
The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
http://youtu.be/7RgT8Vm9_Eg
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
http://youtu.be/f3t9SfrfDZM
1976
Blue

[-p.tiddy-]

hair metal


love me some Motley Crue

[chosen_one6]

The music now is wayyy worse. It's like we're in a creative block right now.